Sangakkara - Greatest ODI player beats Sachin via referendum
Kumar Sangakkara is the overwhelming fans' favourite for the crown of cricket.com.au One-Day International Greatest of All Time after an exhaustive online polling process.
Sangakkara's highly motivated and extremely passionate supporters delivered the title to the Sri Lankan star, who received more votes than India's Sachin Tendulkar in the final.
Sangakkara's prowess in one-day cricket is proven. He scored 14,234 runs in 404 matches, averaging
41.98 with 25 centuries to his name.While his batting was his chief contribution – only Tendulkar has more ODI runs – he was also a worthy glove man, and kept wickets with aplomb to Muthiah Muralidaran, to claim 482 dismissals behind the stumps.
After 40 days when millions of votes, were cast Sangakkara and Tendulkar rose above a cavalcade of the world's greatest ODI players to be considered the top two by the voting audience.
For this victory the Sri Lanka's web sites and social media networks should be commended